HE Mitchell’s Plain Backyard
Dwellers and Residents’ Association (MPBYRA) will be marching to the Cape High Court tomorrow in protest against an interdict preventing them from building on vacant
land in Mitchell’s Plain.
This comes after backyard dwellers invaded vacant land at Swartklip Sportsfield and Kapteinsklip Station in Tafelsig
recently (“Weekend of violence”, People’s
Post 17 May and “Voter turnout strong
amid protests”, People’s Post 24 May).
The organisation will hold a meeting for
all backyard dwellers today on the
Swartklip sportsfield, starting at 19:00.
The meeting has been called to discuss
plans for the march to the Cape High
Court.
MPBYRA chairperson, Charles Adams,
says there are still some families living on
the land – with many refusing to leave “as
they have nowhere else to go”.
He adds that 60 people are living at
Swartklip, and between 20 and 30 families
in the bushes at Kapteinsklip Station.
“The people have now dug holes in the
bushes, and are living in the holes, hiding
from law enforcement. Some are receiving water from nearby houses and using
residents’ toilets.
“Some residents are helpful, and others
don’t want to assist the backyard dwellers. As an organisation we are assisting
the backyard dwellers, but without money
we can’t do much and we are relying on
donations.
“I am in the process of getting a tent, but
people want money, which is something
we don’t have. Many of these backyard
dwellers can’t go back to their old places
and are now homeless,” Adams says.
Last Thursday the organisation and
backyard dwellers marched to the Cape
High Court, handing over a petition to
City of Cape Town lawyers.
According to Adams, the organisation
is still in the process of deciding on a legal
representative.
The weekend before the local govern-

ment elections, the organisation started
mobilising backyard dwellers and those
on the council’s housing waiting list to
take action because “the people of Mitchell’s Plain have been failed by politicians
and the government”.
The land at Kapteinsklip Station is earmarked for formal housing.
After mobilising the community, backyard dwellers moved in on the vacant land
and started erecting structures on the
land. Things soon turned violent, as the
police and law enforcement were called in
to remove people from the land. Several
people were injured during the process.
Law enforcement officers were attacked
with bricks and stones, necessitating the
use of a water cannon and rubber bullets.
Despite some people being removed
from the land by officers, some still remained and continued to move onto the
land.
Adams adds that members of the organisation have contacted Western Cape Premier Helen Zille for assistance. She referred them to their ward councillors. Adams says that both ward councillors have
turned a blind eye to the people.
“Both the councillors don’t care about
the people. We were promised a meeting
with one (yesterday) and we still have not
heard from her,” he says.
Maria Weavers, ward councillor for
Ward 99, says she is “willing to help the
people”.
“I was called by Adams about a meeting,
and I explained to him that I will be in
training for the next two weeks and could
only assist him afterwards. I don’t have
an office as yet, but will inform the community as soon as it’s confirmed,” Weavers says.
She adds that she was called by Zille and
was not at home on Saturday when Adams
was at her house.
Ward councillor for Ward 82, Sheval
Arendse, says the backyard dwellers issue
is his “priority”.
“Once I get sworn in as the ward councillor, I will be calling a meeting with the
backyard dwellers. I want to set up the
Tafelsig Backyarders Association, and try
to work towards a resolution.”

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Communities to recycle
Clean-up campaigns to alleviate dumping
Southfield, Windsor Park, Diep River Industrial Area, Elfindale, Punts Estate, Tumbleweed Estate, Heathfield, Somerset Park,
Lakeview, Retreat, part of Steenberg and
part of Grassy Park.
The City will implement the Waste Wise
Programme through campaigns that are
aimed at engaging with communities,
schools, businesses and the general public.
The campaigns will be community-friendly
and easy enough for children to grasp the importance of keeping their communities
clean.
“People don’t realise the opportunities
that can be presented when recycling waste.
If we don’t recycle, all of the waste will end
up at the landfill sites, and we’re running out
of space.
“If we recycle, they can last up to 60 years,”
said Burger.
The project also seeks to identify 50
schools within the three focused areas to
take part in the Waste Wise Programme and
become eco-friendly schools.
To reach children and educators at the various schools, the Waste Wise initiative is
aimed at:
. Raising waste awareness among teachers, students and their families.
. Enabling teachers to raise awareness of
the cause and effect of poor waste management, and the benefits of integrated waste
management.
. Providing environmental tools to enhance quality of life.
. Assisting schools with portfolio development and waste-minimisation projects.
To further encourage an eco-friendly environment, Burger says recycling igloos at
schools and shopping centres would assist
communities with recycling.
Waste varies in the length of time it takes
to degrade within a landfill site, depending
on the type of waste, the moisture content
within the landfill and other variables.
In an effort to try and salvage space at the
three operational sites, the City actively recovers waste, in order to make more efficient
use of available airspace.

MELISSA LE ROUX

LANDFILL sites across Cape Town are
quickly filling up to capacity, and in an
effort to salvage what is left of the sites,
the City of Cape Town has implemented
a Waste Wise Programme.
There are six landill sites in Cape Town,
but only three of the sites are currently operational – Coastal Park, Vissershok and Bellville South.
The other three sites – Swartklip, Brackenfell and Faure – are at capacity.
Coastal Park – the landfill site that sits off
Baden Powell Drive in Strandfontein/Muizenberg – needs capping – a cover and a liner
– which will enable the landfill to go up by
another 15 metres, prolonging its life. This
site will be operational until between 2016
and 2022.
The City implemented the Waste Wise Programme in three focused areas: Subcouncil
12 – Mitchell’s Plain, Subcouncil 5 – Central
Cape Town and Subcouncil 18 – Rondevlei.
The programme was started to encourage
members of the community to take ownership of their area – by recycling their waste
– to prolong the capacity of the landfill sites.
The programme was implemented in July
last year and will run until June 2013.
Since June last year, the programme has
encouraged people in the community to
think twice when littering, and also to create
awareness about the importance of recycling.
The City has started many clean-up campaigns around the Peninsula to alleviate
dumping.
The aim of the programme is to encourage
members of the public to minimise waste in
their households, to encourage recycling,
and to raise awareness about the importance
of waste minimisation.
“We want to encourage each and every
household in the city to help reduce the
amount of waste that is entering landfill
sites,” says councillor for ward 72, Jan Burger. Ward 72 includes areas such as parts of
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AFTER­SCHOOL FUN: The
Westridge Civic Centre is of­
fering an aftercare pro­
gramme in the afternoon from
Monday to Friday from 14:00
until 16:30. At the aftercare,
children will have an opportu­
nity to engage in various
sports codes, games, arts
and crafts and other activi­
ties. Entrance is free and all
children are invited to attend.
These are the volunteers.
From left are Jessie Jacobs,
Jenine Morris, Samantha Meyer, Ainsley Spies, Denzil Heyns, Douglas Adams and Dion Dav­
ids. For details, call Spies on (021) 392­1512.
Photo: Melissa Papier

Call for City to take action
MELISSA PAPIER

RESIDENTS in Strandfontein who were allegedly conned by a group of people claiming
to fix driveways and pavements at low prices
are calling on the City of Cape Town to deal
with the matter.
This comes after numerous residents in
the area, and Mitchell’s Plain, paid a group
to tar their driveways, only to find themselves paying for a job badly done (“Cracks
show in bargain driveways,” People’s Post 3
May and “More complaints of ‘bargain
driveways’”, People’s Post, 10 May)
Residents say the group – eight men and
an elderly woman – tells people they are contracted by the City to do the work.
The men complete the job in minimal time,
stating that the tar will set in two days. After
two days, when they drive over the tarred
area, the driveways crack, say the residents.
Ward councillor for Strandfontein, Irma
Jackson, says the group is not contracted by
the City, and that she is “not aware of the
company working in the area”.
A Strandfontein resident, who does not
want to be named for fear of victimisation,
says he has not seen the group in the area
lately; however their “mess” is clearly visi-

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at the corners of Langeberg and Oliphant
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The services start from 19:30, and everyone
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ble in the area as many driveways and pavements are damaged.
“The pavements belong to the City and
now it’s all messed up, why can’t they (the
City) fix it and have the group foot the bill?
Now residents have to give out more money
to repair the damages; yet these people claim
to work for the City, and it’s their responsibility to have the area look clean,” he says.
He added that if the City knows who these
people are it should take action and hold
them accountable.
“It’s the City’s responsibility to do a quality assurance check in the area, and they
should be the ones to enforce their bylaws,
as they do in other areas to get these people
to stop what they are doing,” he adds.
Kylie Hatton, City spokesperson, says now
that the City is aware of this issue, the staff
will investigate.
“The City cannot be held liable for work
undertaken by groups or individuals without the City appointing them. If residents
feel unsure about work being performed,
they can contact the Mitchell’s Plain District
office and contact Malville Swanson on
(021) 360-1193. If the manager is not available, residents can also phone the City’s call
centre on 0860 103 089,” says Hatton.
.

Tuesday 31 May 2011
SMART: The first phase of the Grows­
mart literacy competition continued
on Saturday 21 May, when its second
round took place at Parow High
School. The competition is a corpo­
rate social investment project by
Growthpoint Properties, and was de­
signed to support the education de­
partment’s strategy to improve liter­
acy levels in schools. In the first
phase of the competition, the stu­
dents were asked to spell, define and
construct sentences using words se­
lected from newspapers they were required to read. Participating in the competition,
from left were Shakela Meyer, Imtiyaaz Henkerman and Galiema Scott from Eastville
Primary School in Eastridge, Mitchell’s Plain.
Photo: Adele Kruger

Weekend crime blitz
MELISSA PAPIER

WEEKEND operations by the Mitchell’s
Plain Police station has nabbed 121 suspects for various crimes – with 14 being
arrested for driving under the influence
of alcohol at a roadblock held in Woodlands.
Operations commenced on Friday 27 May
at 07:00 and ended yesterday morning. The
suspects arrested were nabbed for various
criminal offences.
Spokesperson for Mitchell’s Plain Police
station, Constable Jerome Voegt, says those
arrested on Saturday evening 28 May at the
roadblock appeared in the Mitchell’s Plain
Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate Court yesterday
on a charges relating to driving under the
influence of alcohol.
“The roadblock forms part of the police’s
normal deployment in all areas and continues indefinitely,” Voegt says.
Meanwhile, on Thursday 26 May nine suspects were arrested by the Metro Police for
possession of illegal narcotics following
raids in Milnerton, Steenberg, Table View,
Mitchell’s Plain and Athlone.
Nowellen Petersen, spokesperson for Metro Police, says during routine patrols in
Mitchell’s Plain, officers arrested three suspects for possession of illegal narcotics when
seven packets of tik and nine units of heroin
were found in their possession.
On Sunday 29 May at 15:35, the Crime Prevention Unit was conducting routine patrols
in Wendy Crescent, Tafelsig, when officers
stopped a suspicious looking man in the
street.
“The man was searched by officers and in
his possession police discovered 14 packets
of tik. A 35-year-old man was arrested and
he will appear in court (today) on charges

relating to possession of drugs,” he added.
Later on the same day, at 17:30, the police
were conducting routine patrols in Tritonia
Street, Lentegeur, when they stopped a suspicious-looking man and confiscated 109
units of heroin. A 19-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court today on a
charges relating to possession of heroin.
Weekly operations by the police bore fruit,
with a number of successful confiscations.
On Wednesday 25 May at 08:15 police received a tip-off about drug dealing at a house
in Netball Street, Beacon Valley.
“After receiving the information, officers
raided the premises and confiscated eight
packets of tik. A 24-year-old man was arrested and he appeared in court the next day on
charges relating to possession of drugs,” he
added.
On Thursday 26 May at 13:10 the police
were conducting patrols in Aintree Street,
Beacon Valley when a suspicious looking
man was stopped and searched in the street
by officers.
“A 17-year-old man was arrested with seven packets of tik. The minor appeared yesterday in court on charges relating to possession of drugs.
Voegt thanked the community for their
continuous support during the crime prevention operations, and urged the public to
contact their local sector commanders with
information on illegal activities.
Reva Fortuin, Mitchell’s Plain Community Police Forum spokesperson, commended
all law enforcement agencies for their good
work over the weekend.
Fortuin said: “The roadblocks in the area
are good things, as many people using the
roads are reckless with little regard for the
rules of the road. The drug arrests and confiscations are to be commended as well, as
it shows that police are visible in the area.”

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improve the way in which it selects
workers for temporary, unskilled
and low-skilled jobs.
The policy, which could be implemented as soon as July this year, will
see temporary jobs filled by residents
of the area in which the work is being
done.
According to Charles Cooper,
spokesperson for the City, the policy on
the recruitment and selection of workers from the community by council and
its service providers, will ensure that
all people stand a chance of being selected for work done in their communities.
“The main purpose of the policy is to
ensure that members within a community all have a fair opportunity to access this temporary work as and when
it becomes available,” says Cooper.
“This is done by registering members of the community on a database
via the subcouncil offices. When temporary work opportunities arise, the
database is used to generate random
lists of candidates.”
Cooper adds that the policy would also stop unfair practices such as nepotism and corruption. The project was
originally piloted last year, and has
now been submitted to the City for approval of the changes made since the
pilot stage.
Cooper says that changes made
sought to improve the logistics of managing the system within the different
subcouncil offices rather than the prin-

ciples approved in the original policy.
Neither the original policy nor the
amended version deal with the employment of skilled workers.
According to Cooper, the City recruits skilled workers in a separate
way.
“It is not aimed at skilled workers,
who generally do not have difficulty in
obtaining employment,” says Cooper.
“There are other processes for the recruitment of skilled and professional
workers. However, it is up to skilled individuals to register on the database if
they are unemployed and want to register for low-skilled work opportunities.”
Before the pilot project was started
last year, low and semi-skilled workers
for temporary work would only selected from the community if the contractor hired to complete the work or the
City line department involved approached the ward councillor for the
area, the community liaison officer or
a community leader to submit a list of
candidates.
These candidates were then eligible
for selection for City projects.
The City says that several problems
could arise during the implementation
of the policy.
The problems are:
. A lack of understanding about the
policy.
. Resistance to change.
. Failure to correctly follow the policy; and
. Insufficient resources in the 23
subcouncil offices to manage processes. Anyone with further inquiries
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THE Western Cape Education Department
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Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (UNWTO STEP) Foundation with an offer to establish a
“small library” in four primary schools in the
Metro South District.
“Small libraries” were introduced as a way of
enriching communities where there are no municipal libraries. The libraries were established
as way to encourage children to read as much as
they can.
The libraries were placed in the four schools
to ensure that children were able to get the best
out of them – having never had a library before.
These libraries, the first “small libraries” in
South Africa, were launched on Wednesday 4
May at Masivuke Primary School in Philippi.
The UNWTO ST-EP Foundation sponsored
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for the following schools:

. Parkhurst Primary School on the corner of
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. Levana Primary School in Depiston Crescent, Lavender Hill; and
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Ivan Coraizin, acting deputy principal of
Parkhurst Primary School, says the school has
not had a library for almost eight years. “When
the computer lab was brought in, we had to use
up the space of the library.
“The library will definitely help with systemic
evaluations, and learners can use their free time
to do some research and catch up on their reading,” he says.

Bargains at
rummage sale
Apart from the sale, the educare will also
have various food stalls, with food from
various countries.
Proceeds will towards purchasing a taxi
for the educare to transport pupils.
Items on sale will include second-hand
clothing, toys, jewellery and sewing materials.
For details, call 083 379 7208 or (021) 3920633.

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GENERAL

Avon lady hits the high notes
MELISSA PAPIER

A

CAPE TOWN mother of two is
living her dream as she contends for the title of the Avon
Cosmetics My Voices Competition
winner.
To celebrate 125 years in the business,
the company decided in January to host
a global competition for its loyal representatives and consumers.
Entrants who believe they can sing had
to post a 30-second video of themselves
singing on the website. From there 180
contestants were selected globally.
Lynne Brooks, a Fairways resident,
formly from Westridge outshone thousands of contestants to become one of six
South African representatives in the
competition – Brooks is the only one from
Cape Town.
Chatting to People’s Post, Brooks describes herself as a “fun-loving, easy-going person who loves to have a good
time”.
She explains that her journey with
Avon started when she signed up as a representative.
“My team leader went through the Let’s
Talk (the Avon catalogue) with me and
saw the advert and asked me if I could
sing. I took the catalogue home and
showed my husband, and he immediately
told me: ‘You are going to enter and I’m
not taking no for an answer.’
“I entered the competition because I
love to sing, as singing has the ability to
change any dark situation into light, any
sad situation into joy and it also has the
ability to inspire and encourage,” she
says.

The first round of the
competition took place
in Paris, where contestants received a makeover and had a chance
to record two videos,
one of which was posted on the Avon website.
Once the video is
posted, registered voters have the chance to
vote for their favourite
person. The voting period closed last Friday
20 May for the first
round, and Brooks is
awaiting the results.
Voters have a month
to cast their votes. The
second video will be
posted for round two.
Brooks has progressed
to round two of the
competition.
Round three will GOD­GIVEN TALENT: Lynne Brooks has her sights set on sing­
take place in Holly- ing in Hollywood.
Photo: Roger Sedres/Image SA
wood, where the contestants will meet the judges and receive them the way I used to.
vocal training. The finals is set to take
“I remember lying in bed for two weeks
place in New York in December.
and could not move around much. The onBrooks says her faith, and music, ly thing that kept me going was the grace
helped her through her darkest hour. The of God and music. Today I am completely
biggest challenge she had to overcome recovered from sarcoidosis.”
was when she was diagnosed with sarShe adds that her dream is to have a
coidosis in her legs five years ago.
huge live concert with lots of lights, the
Sarcoidosis is a disease in which swell- best sound system, big screens and her
ing (inflammation) occurs in the lymph fans singing along to her music.
nodes, lungs, liver, eyes, skin or other tis“My favourite songs that inspire me are
sues.
‘One moment in time’ and ‘The Impossi“It was the most painful and challeng- ble dream’, and Whitney Houston is the
ing time in my life. My two children were artist who has inspired me vocally,” she
still babies and I could not take care of says.

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Help for
Duneside
PUPILS at Duneside Primary School in
Westridge received a much-needed boost after the school’s computer lab was burgled
and vandalised recently.
A Cape Town-based company called Global Logistics Internet donated six state-ofthe-art laptops to the school. Michelle
O’Connor, spokesperson for the company,
says the donation came at a perfect time, especially in a community where the rate of
unemployment is at its highest and parents
struggle to make ends meet.
“Computer literacy is an important part
of the learning process. They should not be
disadvantaged, despite the burglary,” she
says.
Clifford Chateau, the principal of Duneside Primary School, thanked the company
for extending a helping hand to the community. “We are very grateful for the donation,
and hope that more investors will assist the
school with other equipment, which is needed.”

THANKFUL: Principal Clifford Chateau (fifth
from left) and Maths teacher Carl Zimry
(right, back) and the Grade 7 learners at the
school were grateful for the donation of lap­
tops.
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A special church service
THE Shalom Gospel Church, situated on the
corner of Paulsberg and Sentinel Streets,
Tafelsig, will hold a special Ascension Day
Service for the community on Thursday 2
June starting at 10:00.
The service is for members of the community who are fortunate to be home on the
day.
Everyone is invited to attend the service
to celebrate.
For more information, contact Pastor
Selwyn Jansen on 072 411 5991, or the
church on (021) 392-1536.

Honouring local swimmers
THE Westridge Swimming Club will be having its annual presentation to honour the
achievements of swimmers for the
2010/2011 season on Saturday 4 June at the
Westridge Senior Secondary School hall, on
the corner of Dagbreek and Silversands Avenue, from 19:00 to 23:00. All are welcome
to attend. Entrance fee for non swimmers is
R20. For more information, contact Dawood
King on 084 581 9520 or Sonia Robertson on
073 647 6160.

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on Monday 6 June at 20:30 and on Tuesday
7 June at 18:15. This film by John Pilger
is a “powerful and timely” investigation into the media’s role in war, tracing the history of embedded and independent reporting from the carnage of
World War I to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Viet-

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by a facilitated audience discussion.
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Town-based non-profit film collective
committed to bringing progressive, nonmainstream documentaries with important social, political and environmental
messages to South African audiences.
Tickets are R20. Reserve your seat by calling The Labia on (021) 424-5927.

City funding for
homeless shelters
VERNA VAN DIEMEN

THE City of Cape Town will contribute almost R1 million to shelters for the homeless this winter.
It announced last week that it would be allocating R400 000 to the Haven Night Shelter
which will, in turn, distribute to shelters
across Cape Town.
The Haven has 14 branches across Cape
Town, and has an annual budget of R15 million funded by the National Lottery, the provincial Department of Social Development
and members of the public.
The City will also apportion R500 000 to the
Haven which was not allocated last year.
Hassan Khan, chief executive officer of the
Haven, says that the funds will be used as a
top-up service during winter.
“We have enough infrastructure, with 950
beds across the 14 shelters, and this is for extra mattresses, blankets and meals,” he says.
Khan says last year was a particularly bad
winter for the Haven, because it had not re-

ceived the funding from the City and the
World Cup also brought in extra homeless
people.
“We used our reserves last year and we
pulled through,” he says.
Seventeen organisations, including nine of
the Haven Night Shelter branches, applied
for funding last year.
Khan says that they are not anticipating
such a big influx of homeless people as last
year.
“There will be the usual refugees who will
be looking for refuge, but our goal is to reintegrate people back into their own families,”
he said.
Mattresses are replaced all the time and
those returning home are sent off with a blanket.
Lungelo Nokwaza, from the City’s Department of Social Development, says they are
“finalising the funding process”.
Nokwaza confirms that the City will be
paying last year and this year’s money to the
Haven Night Shelter to distribute to other
shelters. He could not confirm the exact date.

GENERAL

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Amateurs slug it out
THE Portland Boxing Club
will be hosting an international amateur boxing tournament on Friday 10 June in
the Portland Indoor Centre,
situated off Hazeldene Avenue, Portlands. The event
starts at 19:00 and entrance
is free.
Eddie Marshall, the organiser of the event, says this is the
first time that the club has challenged an international club to
participate.
“We have challenged a British Royal Navy team that will
be arriving in South Africa on
6 June. Since this team will be
too strong for the club, we have

A special day
for youth

extended an invitation to other
clubs in Western Province.
This will be a first for this province, and in particular Mitchell’s Plain,” Marshal says.
He adds that amateur boxing
has been a much-neglected
sport.
“We have some very talented
boxers from Mitchell’s Plain
who will be participating.”
The British Navy team will
participate in another tournaments hosted by Western Cape
amateur boxers on Saturday 18
June at Wynberg Military
Base. The event will start at
15:00, and entrance is free.
For more information, call
Eddie Marshall on 082 960 6369.

THE Brothers to Brothers organisation will hold a day trip to the Golden
Valley Casino and Winners Action
Bar in Worcester on Saturday 18
June.
Tickets cost R140, with a minimum
deposit of R80. Booking is essential,
and transport is available from all
convenient areas.
For more information or bookings,
contact Ronald on (021) 391-2393.
Alternatively contact Angie on
074 069 4398.
All people are requested to call foe
enquiries after hours only.

THE Forever Young
Senior Social Action
Team invites all seniors to join their
group.
The new group
meets in the Town
Centre Library every
Friday from 09:00 until 12:00. For more information, call Pamela
Nicholson
on
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its Annual Youth Day event on
Thursday 16 June.
The event takes place from 09:00 to
17:00.
All clubs and organisations, such
as brass bands, sports clubs, dancing
and singing groups, are invited to
register with this committee by Sunday 12 June. No registrations will be
accepted on the day of the event.
For more information, call Ryloen
Voight on 078 740 3621 or Lintasha
Williams on 078 882 7234.

A SOCIAL club in Westridge has found
new ways to use waste materials – turning
them into useful gadgets and gifts.
The Westridge Social Craft and Chat Room
was started in February last year with only
five women, and has grown to over 30 members.
The group was started by Ainsley Spies,
who is a worker at the Westridge Civic Centre
for the City of Cape Town.
The idea came from Spies, who saw that
many items used by people were being thrown
into dustbins and ending up in stormwater
drains.
“If you look around the community, many
of the dirt found in the streets is household
waste, which can be recycled.
“It’s after seeing the amount of waste in the

community that I decided to get some women
in and start a club, thereby helping people to
become waste wise,” says Spies.
Elaine Bantham, spokesperson for the
group, says she enjoys coming to the group to
socialise and learn new things.
“Other crafters came to the group to show
us how to use recyclable materials, and turn
it into gifts and something valuable,” Bantham says.
Handy Andy bottles, plastic bottles, bottle
tops, empty tuna cans, newspapers and sucker
sticks have been turned into pin cushions,
baskets and stationery holders.
Bantham adds that using recyclable materials is “a good thing” as it minimises waste.
The group meets every Wednesday at
Westridge Civic Centre, from 10:00 until 12:30.
A fee of R10 goes towards equipment used by
the class. Anyone wanting to join the club can
call Spies on (021) 392-1215.

ety of food and novelty stalls.
For details, call Judy Citto on
084 894 5464 or Gairoe Adams on
081 389 4939.
Strandfontein: St Philip’s Catholic Church will hold an international food fair at the Strandfontein
Community Centre, starting at
17:00. Booklets will cost R100 each.
For more information, call Basil
on 076 338 0425 or Desmina on
083 348 4665.

Tuesday 31 May

Friday 3 June
Colorado Park: The Woodlands
United Football Club will hold a
“Night at the stars” Dance in the
Colorado Park Community Centre.
The event starts at 19:30 and tickets
cost R150 per person.
The dress code is black ties and

Wednesday 8 June
Strandfontein: The Strandfontein
AFC will hold a meeting for all parents and guardians of the junior division players in the Dolphin Educare Centre, off Salmon Way. The
meeting starts at 19:30.
For more details call Sharief
Christiaans on 082 440 3986.

Thursday 9 June

Friday 24 June

Town Centre: All roleplayers and
interested organisations in the
Mitchell’s Plain Drug and Substance Abuse sector is invited to at-

Rocklands: St Timothy Catholic
Church will hold a “Back-toSchool” disco party in Rocklands
Civic Centre, starting at 20:00. Tick-

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ROCK ‘A’ FELLAS FOOTBALL CLUB will be
hosting an “Old-School Karaoke Party” on
Friday 3 June at the Rocklands Civic Minor
Hall in Park Avenue at 20:00.
The entry fee is R20, and refreshments will
be on sale. Contact Saban Smith on (021) 3923084, Nino Solomons on 082 333 3304, Ebrahim
Abels on 072 994 1940 or Ishaam Johnson on
074 716 4554.

THE Bayhill United FC will host a karaoke on Friday 3 June starting at 19:30 in
the Rocklands Civic Centre.
Refreshments and bar facilities will be
available.
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Eastridge: The Eastridge Social
Club will hold a day trip to Club
Mykonos.
Tickets cost R140 per person and
a R60 deposit will reserve your seat.
Buses depart from 07:00 at various
points. For more information or to
book your seat, call Joyce on
073 573 4280.

Saturday 4 June

Mitchell’s Plain: The Mitchell’s
Plain CPF will hold a general meeting with all CPF subforums in the
boardroom at the Mitchell’s Plain
Police station. The meeting starts at
19:00. For details, call Reva on
079 962 4715.

ets cost R35 (with casual wear) and
R30 (with school clothes). People
are requested to bring their own
XYZ. For tickets call Jerome on
073 761 2600.

Friday 17 June

Portlands: The Masjiedur Rawbie
will hold a dinner in the Westridge
Civic Centre starting at 20:00. Tickets cost R100 per person, and all proceeds will go to the mosque. For
tickets or details, call Isgak on
083 453 7639
or
Ismail
on
072 176 6324.
Lentegeur: The Lentegeur East
Concern Community will hold a fun
day in the Cornflower Park, situated off Cornflower street.
Stalls are available at R30 with
your own table. There will be a vari-

Monday 6 June

Sing your heart out

2011

tend a meeting in the Urban Renewal Boardroom, situated opposite the
taxi rank. The meeting starts at
10:00. For details call Wilmot
Arendse on (021) 400-1454.
Rocklands: The Tabernacle Full
Gospel Church, situated at the corners of Buzzard and Weltevreden
Roads will hold a “praise and jam”
evening. The event starts at 19:30
and tickets cost R20, which includes
a free coffee and doughnut. There
will be various bands and artists at
the event, and Clive Louw will be
the MC. For details call Shermon on
078 253 7336, Nathan on 084 603 2181
or Kylon on 073 203 3654.
Portlands: There will be a jazz
evening in Portland High School
hall, starting at 20:00. Tickets cost
R20 and refreshments will be on
sale. All proceeds will go towards a
12-year-old couple of ballroom dancers who need funds to attend Western Province dance trials in Johannesburg. People are requested to
bring their own XYZ.
For details or tickets call Jogerah
Cornish on (021) 371-2247.

ball gowns, and people are requested to bring their own XYZ. A threecourse meal will be served, and
tickets are available from all club
members.
For details or tickets, call Charlene on 079 273 9136 or Sharon on
073 127 0336.

Portlands: The CPF subforum will
hold a meeting in the Portlands Indoor Centre at 19:00. All residents,
community-based organisations,
civic associations, businesses and
religious institutions are invited to
attend. For details call (021) 3701600.
Tafelsig: The CPF sub-forum will
meet with all the executive members at Huguenout Primary School,
starting at 19:00. For details call Reva on 079 962 4715.

People’s Post Mitchell's Plain Page 13

Friday 8 July
Montrose Park: The Lentegeur
East Neighbourhood Watch will
hold a karaoke at the Farm Recreational hall, starting at 19:30. Tickets
cost R20 and refreshments will be
on sale.
For more information, call Judy
Citto on 084 894 5464 or Sumaya Abrahams on 078 626 8861.

Saturday 9 July
Portlands: The Christ the Mediator Church will hold a matinee
dance in Portlands High School
hall, starting at 14:00. Tickets costs
R30 per person and a DJ will be providing the music.
For details, call Iris Tremble on
076 923 2072.

LEADER

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Tuesday 31 May 2011

Inconvenient truth
THE Protection of Information Bill, also
known as the “Secrecy Bill”, is nothing but bad
news for transparency in government.
The Bill seems to challenge the very foundation on which South African legislation is developed – the Constitution – which ensures
freedom of expression and that of the press.
In a shocking act last week, ANC MPs on a
parliamentary committee tasked with debating and finalising the Bill made headlines
when they insisted that matters in this regard
be fast-tracked to meet a deadline of 24 June.
This despite other parties’ representatives
on the committee calling for continued brainstorming, discussion and consideration of objections to the controversial legislation.
Once a world bastion for press freedom, SA
has now been demoted to the status of only
“partially free” by the international freedom
monitoring group, Freedom House.
The regression is a sad state of affairs when
considering the vast promise of a free and democratic country made at the very dawn of democracy. Seventeen years later, the same political party that served as the catalyst for the fall
of oppression and unjust governance is now,
in some ways, increasingly at loggerheads
with the media, and respect for transparency
of the state is under serious threat.
The Secrecy Bill will serve as more than a
simple annoyance and inconvenience for journalists, and has a far-reaching impact on the
future of the electorate. If left unchallenged it
will not only muzzle the media, but will also
rob every ordinary citizen of their right to hold
accountable the very leaders they elect to power. Government officials at any level will be
able to classify information as secret, a privilege which, in itself, could easily be abused.
The Bill also ushers in minimal protection
of informants, which means that the distribution and publication of information regarded
as classified could provoke imprisonment.
Various organisations and individuals have
publicly reiterated the effects this legislation
will have on us all, and they have called for
a re-draft of the proposed legislation.
The truth is always worth fighting for.

Never too old to learn
MOST schools are now operating as
adult education centres, where school
dropouts can attend evening class to obtain their matric.
Is this system failing our school dropouts? I am convinced that this is the
case.
A system has been put in place whereby principals refuse school dropouts entrance when they have reached the age
of 19.
I am aware of cases where matriculants have failed the previous year, and
wished to return full-time to school to
improve their grades to enable them to
enter universities, even if it is a year later, but full-time acceptance at schools
was refused.
My organisation runs an empowerment programme in the informal settlements in Strandfontein, and one young
man in particular, aged 18, has been motivated and decided to return to school
after dropping out last year.
How truly sad is it that when I approached the principal of Strandfontein
Secondary, he refused to accept him
back at school due to the fact that he cannot have a boy in class with 13- and 14year-olds.

My question to him is: Has proper research been done to indicate that an 18year-old cannot function with a younger
age group? Universities accept mature
adults; studies resumed part-time initially and eventually the studies completed full-time to complete the qualification quicker.
These mature adults are in class on a
full-time basis with young adults. Does
this have a negative effect on our young
adults? Definitely not – this motivates
our young adults.
Older scholars or students are more
motivated and determined to be successful due to the years lost. This youth
is a resident in an informal settlement
where they live on handouts and government grants.
Their only way out of poverty is an education. We are dealing with Cape Flats
areas where not many of the school
dropouts have transport to go to night
school. Crimes such as rape and murder
are the order of the day in our country.
How many more youngsters have
been refused entrance to return to
school during the daytime?
Many youths are idle at home during
the day. This leads to gangsterism,

Do something, Metrorail
TO Metrorail
What’s wrong with you?
What are you thinking?
How can you, during peak hours, have trains on the Simon’s

drugs and teenage sex.
Why should they be forced to return
to school at night due to schools not accepting them for daytime schooling?
Some heads of schools have no commitment and hearts where our youth is
concerned.
What happened to the old dedicated
teachers who instilled hope no matter
what your age, who encouraged you to
return to daytime school?
New political parties are mushrooming, all given a platform in our local
community papers to air their views on
our education system and what improvements will be implemented.
Has this problem – refusing our young
adults full-time schooling due to their
age – been identified?
Have these prospective candidates
been active in our community?
Our constitution states that we all
have the basic right to an education.
You have the right to study at any institution of your choice, no matter what
creed or colour.
Yet some of our young adults are idle
at home, afraid to approach their local
schools as they know what the answer
would be – you are too old to return to
day school.
This is not allowed to happen. You are
never to old to learn.
I have alerted the Human Rights
Commission.
THERESA WITBOOI
Director: Heal our Children
Strandfontein
The letter was sent to Strandfontein
High School for comment. The
school failed to respond by the time
of going to print.

Town to Cape Town and vice versa; put three metro carriages and four metro plus carriages, when you should know
by now that majority of the people travel third class.
Not even animals are boxed in like this
So please do something about it.
MAGGIE
ADDRESS NOT GIVEN

Keeping the faith
ASCENSION DAY is on
Thursday 2 June.
We, as the coloured population seem to be the only group that still celebrates Ascension Day,
and only our coloured
schools are closed on this
holy day, which our South
African government has
scrapped off the calendar.
We belong to the Western
Cape Coloured population. In a 2009 global study
of this group, it was revealed that we have the
most diverse ancestry in
the world. We embrace
the Christian faith and we
stand very firm in keeping God’s laws.
Our ancestors are descendants of mixed heritage, including German,
French Huguenot, Dutch,
1820 Settlers, St Helenians, Chinese, Khoisan,
Jewish, African and Indian. Our ancestors endured much persecution,
e.g. French Protestants,

Jewish persecution and
our slave ancestors endured severe hardships
during slavery and our
parents and grandparents
severe oppression during
apartheid. Through all
this we acknowledge that
God’s enduring mercy
has brought us through it
all. God is our avenger
and our deliverer.
He will destroy the
wicked men who carry on
hurting and oppressing
the poor and the righteous. I encourage all 80%
of South Africans who
professed the Christian
faith in the 2008 census to
take a stand for God and
keep and observe His holy
days as He had commanded. Jesus reminded us to
love God above all and to
love our neighbours and
to keep faith until He returns soon in the same
way in which He ascended.
MERLE MARTIN
Kirstenhof

Where is the service?
I HAVE been trying for two
months to have my washing machine repaired by
Edcon’s insurance company.
Every time we phone
they say they will call back,
but don’t.
I was wondering if there

are any other people experiencing the same problem as
I do (appliance insurance).
I am being sent from pillar to post, even Edcon’s
customer care doesn’t return my calls.
GREGORY BENJAMIN
Steenberg

LETTERS

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Your SMSes
In response
. Please, the police need to get rid of people
standing on corners and shops because they are
the guys who are stealing. When it was the
World Cup, there were many vans, but now you
only sometimes see one van. Where are the rest?
New Woodlands resident
. De Lille, you are now the new mayor and
one of your priorities is to ensure that the people of Swartklip get houses and service delivery. Scrap the pink letters and water cuts. Jerm
. The cycads are stolen by the same people
who sell them to you. This happened to me last
year. Those people kept coming back to my
house for no reason until the plant, a cycad, was
stolen out of the ground. Do not buy from people
who go door-to-door. They are crooks. Bayview
resident
Thank you
. Thanks to the resident of Bay View. Will
the City of Cape Town put Zibi bins in New
Woodlands? People don’t clean in front of their
houses. I refer to the people of Katrina Harries
Street. New Woodlands resident
Political sentiment
. Julius, your hate song is racism in reverse.
Mandela freed the country, he did not sing this
song. Educated people normally vote for educated candidates. Keep the past in the past – move
on. Now it is time to help the people.
. Way to go! The ANC have a rapist as a mayor. Why do you give all Pollsmoor prisoners
jobs? I see you trafficking drugs too – so many
criminals. Why don’t you just hire shebeen
owners too?
. The reason the ANC did so badly is due to
four names: Zuma, Malema, Mantashe and
Ehrenreich!
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Strandfontein, working within the
low income areas of the Cape Flats.
We host various programmes and
work hand-in-hand with another
NPO, namely Cyrus45 Youth Agency, also based in Cape Town. Our
missions are as far afield as Malawi,
where we send volunteers to aid at
orphanages. The programmes hosted are aimed at leadership skills,
life skills and group dynamic skills.
Our aims and objectives are community upliftment, which includes
senior citizens, underprivileged
children and youth. We are currently working within the project called
“Mother2Child”, whereby we empower mothers with health and nu-

. Now that voting is done and the time has
come to put the shoulder to the wheel, who can
we, the voters, go to when these public servants
are not doing their well-paid jobs?
. Zille, I want to see action not words. I hate
shacks. Why don’t you give the people the ad
in People’s Post for jobs? Wendy houses don’t
have plumbing and electricity and you can’t install a fireplace. The solution is that you must
give these people a proper roof over their heads,
because they also have a toilet problem. I want
you to live in it for a month. This is a dare.
Service delivery suggestions
. The City of Cape Town could save a considerable amount of money in the long term by offering electronic billing for all ratepayers who
are online. Postal billing is a waste of time, money, paper, postage, energy and resources.
. Now that we have voted for the DA, why
can’t they scrap the rates in all the areas?
Housing matters
. Stop upgrading the old flats – rather start
building flats for poor people. We are in for a
very cold winter and people need a roof over
their heads immediately. Viva DA. Henry
. When giving people good houses, give them
an agreement too. They will be able to rent it
out, but they can’t sell it. Only one family can
stay in a house or they lose it. One member of
the family must be employed. The can’t get the
house if they already have a house.
. To Zille and Zuma, why when buying a
house and taking a home loan do banks charge
us triple the amount when we pay back? They
must give service and not rob us.
Consumer woes
. When eating from food outlets take note of
what you put into your mouth, as we discovered
a thread of artificial hair in a slice of pizza! Oh
my, had we just munched away who knows
what else could have been in that pizza. They
take precaution by wearing hair nets and bandanas, but it’s a mystery how that hair got in
the filling!
Thank you
. Thank you David Kramer and the cast of
“Breyani” for an entertaining show and illustrating the history of coloureds. Taliep Petersen
was missed, and we will never forget.

HARP, poignant and fast with the
humour – Mel Miller is all that and
a bag of top-quality chips.
The humour heavyweight will be performing in Fish Hoek on Saturday 11 June
in the Fish Hoek High School Hall as part
of the Comedy Legends in the Valley series, a fundraiser for the Shark Spotters.
Miller, who recently returned from a
sold-out show at the Sydney Opera House,
and has also been awarded the Comic’s
Choice Lifetime Achievement Award, is
well-known for his “Biltong and Potroast”
TV show in the 1970s, in which South African comedians were pitted against British
counterparts.
Miller tells People’s Post he “just can’t
wait” for his first visit to the Far South
in decades.
“I haven’t been there in yonks, so you
cannot believe my excitement for this
show. I hope to see a full-house because I
am ready for Fish Hoek!”
He says his audience can look forward
to two hours of “moaning and complaining”.
“I will whine about everything from
government to old age. I hope people come
prepared for an evening of chaos and madness.”
Comedian Barry Hilton, who had the
Far South in stitches earlier this month,
says Miller is one of the most unique performers anyone will see.
“Even though he has been a pro for over
40 years, he is as sharp and hilarious as
ever. He is current, poignant and quick on
his feet. He is, without a shadow of doubt,
my favourite comedian. Ever!”
The Cousin says audiences are in for a
real treat because when Miller takes to the
stage, laughter is guaranteed.
“He is not scared to be himself, and the
audience can sense that. He is a real, genuine person and a top-class entertainer.”

Mel Miller will hit Fish Hoek to raise funds
for a good cause.
Sarah Titley, the Shark Spotters’ project
manager, says there are still ample tickets
available, and calls on residents of the Valley to show their support next week.
“This promises to be a real family event,
and a great opportunity for locals to contribute to the Shark Spotters and help us
raise funds towards our budget shortfall,”
she says.
Tickets to the show, which starts at
19:00, cost R100 if pre-booked on
078 174 4244, or R120 at the door on the
night. Tickets can also be bought at AP
Jones in Fish Hoek Main Road.
. People’s Post is the print media sponsor of the show.

Sterling for
Kirstenbosch
THE instrumental band, Sterling EQ,
will be performing at the Silvertree Restaurant in Kirstenbosch Gardens on
Sunday 5 June.
The four-piece group, who have performed at SA’s top events and shared
stages with international icons, will perform a selection of popular melodies and
showpieces. Expect anything from Mozart to Mandoza.
Tickets cost R100, and include a welcome drink. The show starts at 18:30 for
19:00. There will be light meals available
for under R70 each. For bookings, call
(021) 762-9585.

Saamtrek at the German Club
THE first Zef-Zeffer-Zefste event will be held
on Friday 17 June at the German Club in Gardens, Cape Town.
Celebrated playwright, Charles Fourie’s
hit play “Agterplaas”, which was recently
staged to accolades at the Klein Karoo National Arts festival, will be performed.
Afrikaans rapper and raconteur, Jack
Parow, will showcase his Parowphernalia
fashion range, together with funky Stellenbosch designers, Zef Leopard.
The Psychedelic Theatre Company will
stage a spectacular fire and UV performance.
A few proud Zephyr and DKW antique car
owners will display their motor vehicles.
Photographer, Herman Jordaan, will hold
a solo-exhibition of images taken from poorwhite squatter camps around Cape Town, and

Solidarity’s Helping Hand organisation will
join them to inform the public of their work
among the poor.
To end the evening, music guru, Vince
Ladd, who has collaborated with Nine Inch
Nails in Norway, will be playing his special
mix of “retro-sokkie-electro-vibe”, and the
Roodehek restaurant will host an open bar
and full menu with Thai and German cuisine.
Members of the public can win great prizes
from Baccini’s Pizzeria and Van Hunks restaurant for the best-dressed Zef-couples. The
event kicks off at 19:00 and tickets cost R100.
There will be safe parking at the German
Club in Roodehek Terrace, which is just off
Hope Street in Gardens. For more information and bookings, contact Cintaine on
073 161 4141.

“OUROBOROS”, an exciting
puppetry production by one of
South Africa’s leading creative
teams, will take centre stage at
the Baxter Theatre from 1 to 11
June.
Directed by 2010 Standard
Bank Young Artist Award winner for Theatre, Janni Younge,
with master puppeteers Basil
Jones and Adrian Kohler, this
tale of dreaming and the cycles
of life has been created with
evocative imagery.
At its heart is a love story between a dancer, Nokobinisa,
and a poet, Andre.
Using the magically transforming powers of the puppetry medium, these two characters are able to appear as several versions of themselves.
Audiences witness the un- MOVING: Animators bringing characters to life in a scene from
folding drama of their lives “Ouroboros”, which runs at the Baxter Theatre from 1 till 11
from birth to death. Their in- June.
teractions form a web of relationships, revealing the interdependence of tress winner, Chuma Sopotela.
the past, present and future.
Younge joined Handspring Puppet CompaThe production, created and designed by ny as associate director in January this year.
Young, is inspired by the work of US poet lau- She is a graduate of the French national
reate Billy Collins, and was first presented to school of puppet theatre, and has a BA in Fine
great acclaim on the main programme of the Art and an MA in Theatre from UCT.
National Arts Festival in 2010.
“Ouroboros” is an ancient symbol depicting
It offers a swirling interaction of perform- a serpent swallowing its own tail and forming
ers, exquisitely-created puppets, filigree a circle.
shadow work and Michael Clark’s animation.
Ticket prices range from R60 to R130. BookThe show is set to original music by Neo ing is through Computicket on 083 915 8000,
Muyanga, with puppet dance choreography online at www.computicket.co.za or at any
by Mamela Nyamza.
Shoprite Checkers outlet countrywide.
The 13 main puppets are manipulated by a
Follow the production on Facebook
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Broadway hits at the Masque
A COLLECTION of well-known Broadway
songs and dances can be seen at the
Masque Theatre in Muizenberg in the
form of a show called “Razzle Dazzle” from
Friday 3 June to Sunday 5 June.
The show features Felicity Kiran, who
starred in Sun City’s “Let There Be Rock!”
Also starring is Peter Weisz from London’s
West End.
The show “takes the audience on a musical journey through the ages of the Broadway showstoppers, incorporating songs
from “Cabaret”, “Moulin Rouge”, “Chicago”, “Dream Girls”, “Grease”, “Mama
Mia”, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “We
will Rock You”, “A Chorus Line” and “Les
Miserables”” among others. Supported by
a young cast of dancers and singers, the
show is choreographed by Jason Sisam.
Friday night is at 20:00 and Saturday at
14:30 and 18:30.
Tickets cost R75 (Theatre Club members
R65).
Sunday is at 15:00.
Tickets for the Sunday matinée are R65
(Theatre Club members and pensioners
R50).
Bookings are through Computicket, on
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GLAMOUR: Felicity Kiran features in “Razzle
Dazzle” at the Masque Theatre from Friday
3 June.
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THE Western Province Softball Federation needs to double its confirmed list of
volunteers to 200 to ensure the smooth
running of the International Softball
Federation (ISF) Junior Women World
Championship for under-19s in Cape
Town.
Province will host the 16-nation ISF championship – in partnership with Softball
South Africa (SSA) – at the Turfhall Stadium in Crawford from 7 to 17 December.
The participants are the defending champions USA, Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Germany,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Italy, Japan, New
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People’s Post Mitchell's Plain Page 21

COMRADES
CELEBRA­
TION: Former Mitchell’s
Plain athlete, Farwa Men­
toor, savours the moment
after becoming the first
South African woman to
win 10 gold medals in the
history of the Comrades
Marathon on Sunday. Men­
toor, now based in Gau­
teng, and seen in the col­
ours of Bonitas, placed fifth
in a time of 6hrs 35min
49sec in the 89km race
from Durban to Pietermar­
itzburg. Mentoor was the
first SA athlete to cross the
finish line in the women’s
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Nurgalieva, won her sixth ti­
tle in a time of 6:24:11. Her
twin, Olesya Nurgalieva,
placed second in 6:24:35.

rin, German, Italian, Russian and Japanesespeaking persons to serve as liaison offers
for the touring teams.
Additional airport ambassadors, telecommunication and IT specialists, as well as
marketing and hospitality staff are also required.
Nacerodien says there are signs that large
groups of ball fans from across the world
will make their way to Cape Town for the
championship.
He says about 80 New Zealand fans have
already sought hotel accommodation, while
the USA has confirmed the arrival of their
team and fans on 1 December.
A volunteer information session will be
held at Athlone Stadium (East Stand) on tomorrow, 1 June, starting at 18:30.
Interested persons may call Danielle Davids on 073 201 8235 or danielle.davids@capetown.gov or Nacerodien on 076 566 7774.

SANDWICHED: Lugmaan McTavish (centre) of Manenberg Rangers offloads a pass as Ivan
Smuts (left) and Ryan Roman of Temperance challenge, during Manenberg Rangers’ 10­9
win in a Western Province Division Two rugby match at City Park Sports Complex, Athlone
on Saturday.

CHARGED UP: Temperance RFC’s Jerome Page attempts to get away from Alistair Barends of
Manenberg Rangers RFC, during a WP Division Two rugby match at City Park Sports Complex,
Athlone on Saturday. Manenberg Rangers won 10­9.

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Stormers face flyhalf crisis
TASMIN CUPIDO

WHEN the DHL Stormers take
on the new kids in the Super
Rugby competition, the Melbourne Rebels, on Friday, they
will be looking to make it three
wins out of four matches on
tour.
But with injuries in vital positions plaguing the Cape side, the
decision of who to field against the
side that has impressed critics
throughout the season, will determine just how the Stormers end
their four-week Australasian tour.
After losing the services of their
point-scoring machine and flyhalf,
Peter Grant, just last week, the
Stormers have been dealt another
blow with the loss of scrumhalf Dewaldt Duvenhage, who sustained
an injury to his ankle during the
side’s 16-3 victory over the Brumbies in the Australian capital of
Canberra the past weekend. Duvenhage, who flew back home on
Sunday, will be replaced by seasoned scrumhalf Ricky Januarie,
while head coach Allister Coetzee
will have a tough time selecting a
suitable replacement for Grant.
He opted for 20-year-old Kurt
Coleman for the Brumbies clash,
and says he was satisfied with his
performance.
“I am very pleased with Kurt’s
performance – he’s still very
young, and this is still very much
part of his apprenticeship,” Coetzee said after the match.
“He needs to gain a lot more experience, but it really is great that he
is doing so in a winning side.”
Despite being impressed with
Coleman, Coetzee has also asked
former Lions utility back and now
Griquas flyhalf, Earl Rose, to join
the squad in Melbourne.
He has also called on the services
of Vodacom Cup flyhalf and scrumhalf, Louis Schreuder.

During the match against the
Brumbies it was evident that the
men from the Cape tried their best
to keep Coleman protected, keeping the ball away from him whenever they could.
Rose, despite having more experience than Coleman, has been inconsistent over the past couple of
seasons – with his career being
marred by off-the-field incidents.
But his natural talent and ability to
read the match may be the trigger
needed in the Stormers backline.
However, the question of whether Rose is really the only option
available to the men in navy-blueand-white needs to be asked. The
injury list sees Grant, Gray van Aswegen, Lionel Cronjé and Sam
Lane benched at the moment.
But in the beginning stages of the
season, who would be wearing the
coveted number-10 jersey was a
toss up between Van Aswegen,
Cronjé and Elgar Watts – a Boland
player who impressed all during
the warm-up matches.
Watts, who was part of the training squad since December last
year, is fit and has been playing impressive rugby in a struggling
Boland outfit.
He has proven that he has the
ability to dictate the backline while
playing for the Pumas in last year’s
Currie Cup, and has also notably
worked on his placement and fromhand kicking.
Then there’s the impressive flyhalf, Dimitri Catrakilis, from current Varsity Cup champions FNB
UCT, who has also been overlooked.
Talks that Catrakilis may be
leaving the Cape to ply his trade
with the EP Kings has surfaced.
In the end, Coetzee will probably
be using the match against the
Rebels to test combinations and cement the strongest players to possibly take over from his first-choice
players.

SANDWICHED: DHL Stormers hooker, Deon Fourie, is tackled by two Brumbies players during the Super Rugby clash
between the two sides in Canberra, Australia on Saturday. The Stormers were eventual 16­3 victors. Photo: Getty Images

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JAX CAPE TOWN FC ace, Thulani
Serero, made sure his name will
be embossed in gold in the annals of
South African soccer history when he
won four major awards at the 2010/11
Premiership Awards ceremony held
in Johannesburg on Sunday evening.

GLITZ AND GLORY: Thulani Serero won four major
PSL awards.
Photo: Gallo Images

Serero (21) was awarded the Premier
Soccer League (PSL) Footballer of the
Year, as well as the Absa Premiership
Player of the Season, Players’ Player of
the Season and Absa Red-Hot Young Player of the Season awards.
The Soweto-born Serero – who joins defending Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam FC (which has signed him up) on 27
June for pre-season training – received a
record total of R600 000 in prize money at
the glittering awards ceremony.
Serero’s achievement of winning the
PSL Player of the Year earned him
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Dutch coach, Ruud Krol, who guided Pirates to the Premiership, Nedbank Cup
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Serero’s domination of the Premiership
awards crowned a golden season in his
professional career. Serero also won the
Player of the Year award at Ajax’s presentation dinner at Cape Town Stadium on
Wednesday evening.
Another popular Ajax award winner
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The 23-year-old Scott started out with
Kensington AFC juniors and debuted for
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Scott was preferred as a wide midfielder until Dutch coach, Foppe de
Haan – during his two-year spell –
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2-2 with Maritzburg United – with the results affording Pirates the chance to
snatch the title from Ajax with a better
goal difference record.
The other Ajax individual award winners for 2010/11 were Thembinkozi “Terror” Fanteni (Golden Boot Award) and
Khama Billiat (Rookie of the Year).

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